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Something very chill and deep trance inducing, Loscil - Umbel, from his new album. If my mind detached from my body and flew over an alien world this is the soundtrack I’d want playing.


 
Was feeling nostalgic on the 5th anniversary of my best friend's passing - our partying 80s were so much fun.

 
 
I am going to go OT and against the post's heading request of "...Right Now".

July 4th is Independence Day, in the United States of America.
Any celebration that you may plan to engage in and which includes flying the US Flag, beer-coolers, BBQs, friends/relatives, may also need a patriotic playlist of rock-n-roll anthems.
Here is a partial (10x) playlist, to get everyone in the mood:
  • James Brown "Living in America"
  • ChuckBerry "Back in the USA"
  • TheBeachBoys "Surfin' USA"
  • BruceSpringsteen "Born in the USA"
  • TomPetty and the Heartbreakers "American Girl"
  • LynyrdSkynyrd "Sweet Home Alabama"
  • NeilDiamond "America"
  • MileyCyrus "Party in the USA"
  • KatyPerry "Firework"
  • Beyonce "Texas Hold 'Em"
Happy July 4th!:)
 
Isn't the Springsteen track a protest song?

I mean, if that's allowed, you should probably also include Rammstein "Amerika" :D
 
I am going to go OT and against the post's heading request of "...Right Now".

July 4th is Independence Day, in the United States of America.
Any celebration that you may plan to engage in and which includes flying the US Flag, beer-coolers, BBQs, friends/relatives, may also need a patriotic playlist of rock-n-roll anthems.
Here is a partial (10x) playlist, to get everyone in the mood:
  • James Brown "Living in America"
  • ChuckBerry "Back in the USA"
  • TheBeachBoys "Surfin' USA"
  • BruceSpringsteen "Born in the USA"
  • TomPetty and the Heartbreakers "American Girl"
  • LynyrdSkynyrd "Sweet Home Alabama"
  • NeilDiamond "America"
  • MileyCyrus "Party in the USA"
  • KatyPerry "Firework"
  • Beyonce "Texas Hold 'Em"
Happy July 4th!:)
Someone should do a mashup of the debate.
 
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You can do anything after listening to this one...

Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer (Mau Sacra Remix)​

 
Isn't the Springsteen track a protest song?
I mean, if that's allowed, you should probably also include Rammstein "Amerika" :D
You are welcome to add as you wish, and I will even give you a 'like' for your troubles.;)

Some information regarding "Born in the U.S.A." song and for inclusion in my half-baked playlist.
It does - constantly - get mistaken for a celebration of patriotism.
The 1984 hit written by Shitsteen* has been used in speeches and rallies by politicians from RonaldReagan to Donald Trump [w/a follow-on cease and desist order?]. “Born in the U.S.A." actually is a critical commentary on the struggles of Vietnam veterans returning home. The hit’s lyrics paint a picture of economic hardships of our veterans juxtaposed with the patriotic glorification of United States’ fighting forces.

Part of the reason for this song which might elicit confusion is because of the way he writes his choruses, and “Born in the U.S.A.” has a loud and triumphant one! In an NPR interview, he had noted that his choruses are the 'spiritual and hope part' of his songs, while the “blues and your daily realities are in the details of the verses.”
Sure, the song is not about patriotism, but what is more patriotic than using freedom of speech to criticize our beloved society's and our government’s treatment of our veterans.

[*I am allowed to call him that bcuz many in Joisey did not have much respect for the dude but not necessarily because of this song.]
 
My listening, currently, are those of this guitarist. I discovered him by chance and, equally by chance, I discovered that he and the other members of the band are from my city. I fell madly in love with him, something that hasn't happened to me since, many decades ago, I discovered Pat Metheny...

 
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